Ticket-printer.



P. DODGE.

TICKET PRINTER.

APPLlcATloN FILED FEB. 12. 1910.

Patented May 25, 1915.

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llllllllllllll THE NORRIS PETERS C0.. PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. DV C P. DODGE.

TICKET PRINTER.

APPLICATIONl FIL'ED FEB. I2. |910.

1 ,140,804. Patented May 25, 1915.

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MORRIS PETERS CO., PHOWLITHO" WASHINGJDLD'C.

UNITED sTATns PATENT ortica.

PARKER DODGE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT E. KIMBALL, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TICKET-PRINTER.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PARKER DODGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at II-Yasliington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Printers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to transfer ticket printing devices and provides a mechanism whereby the name of the transfer station and the time of expiration of the ticket mayvv be printed or otherwise legibly impressed upon the ticket.

The device is intended for use on cars where the fare is paid and transfers are issued as the passenger enters, and it must therefore be capable of quickly printing transfersfor all stations on the line in any order or v sequence. Many ticket printers have heretofore been devised for the purpose of printing the transfer station and time limit upon the ticket, but these are usually intended for issuing transfers to passengers as they leave the car at the transfer station; and, so far as I am aware, all such devices involve either the use of a clock-driven printing wheel or require that the operator set up the time limit and station individually.J

By the present invention all clock work or kindred mechanism is avoided, and the mere movement of the station printing die to the printing point causes the simultaneous movement of the proper time printing die to the printing point, so that an impression of the two may be taken upon the transfer ticket. This result is accomplished by taking advantage of the modern system of despatching cars upon regular schedules, so that their running times between transfer points on the route is set and determined by the schedule. An endless series of dies 1s spaced at uniform intervals upon a carrier so as successively to indicate time at uniform intervals throughout twelve or twenty-four hours, and adjacent to this on another carrier is a second series of dies spaced in proportion to the running times between transfer stations each die beingadapted to print the name of the respective station. The two carriers are movably mounted and so connected together that the movement kof one series of dies through a given time interval, as measured between its printing dies, causes the movement of the other series of dies Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1915.

Application led February 12, 1910. Serial No. 543,527.

through the same time interval as measured on its printing dies. The simplest method of embodying the principle is to make the scale of spacing of the dies with respect to time, the same on the two carriers. They can then be connected to move at thesame circumferential speed and so may be mounted on the same shaft to turn together.

Obviously when the two carriers are connected upon the above principle and so adjusted relatively to each other that one station die comes to the printing point together with the proper time printing die, then all the other station printing dies will similarly arrive at the printing point with their proper time dies. Thus by adjusting the relative positions of the two die carriers at the beginning of a trip, the printing of transfers throughout that trip involves merely the exposing of the proper station die and the taking of an impression of this die and of theJ time die that is simultaneously exposed.

The preferred-embodiment of the above principles together with certain incidental structural details will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical section of the assembled device on the center line of the main shaft; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same showing the case and certain other parts in section; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device showing a part of the casing broken away, the operating crank being omitted. Fig. a is a perspective view of a station die carrier or station sector Fig. 5 is a detail view of the latching mechanism for adjusting the relation between the time and station diecarriers; and Fig. 6 is a detail view of an intermediate limit stop for restricting the operation of the device to a portion of its total range.

Referring by numerals to the parts shown in the drawing, l is the base, which may be supported in any suitable manner upon some part of the car, and 2 is a casing that at the same time serves to inclose and support many of the parts of the printer. This casing may be formed of sheet metal and is provided with a door 3 on its left side (as viewed in Fig. l). This door by opening almost the entire side of the case, gives full access to the interior. It is providedwith a latch 3a. Thefcase is braced at the corners by castings 4 and 5 which also serve to support other parts of the mechanism as will later appear. An opening 6 in the top of the case exposes the type at the printing point and a transparent window 7 adjacent allows the station indicating dial to be seen.

lVithin the case a frame 8 rises from the base and branches into two arms 9 which have projections 10 extending to the left side of the case (as viewed in Fig. 1) and attached thereto at either side of the door 3. These extensions 10 thus brace the frame 8 to the case and incidentally serve as limit stops for the station die carrier 24.

The frame S is provided with a bearing 11 in which turns a shaft 12. Rotatably mounted on this shaft is a type wheel 13 which is the time type wheel, and is provided on its face with uniformly spaced dies 14 adapted to print time at intervals. For purposes of illustration only, the drawing shows dies at five minute intervals. There would be 144 of such dies to form a circuit of 12 hours. The wheel is formed with a projecting` sleeve 15 which turns in a bearing 16 attached to the casing 2 and thus gives further support to the shaft 12. A handle 17 is keyed to the shaft 12 and carries a spring latch 1S which normally engages notches 19 in a disk 2O attached rigidly to the sleeve 15 of time type-wheel 13. The notches 19 are uniformly spaced and correspond in number with the dies on wheel 13. They are graduated in time units as indicated at 21 in Fig. 5, the relation of such graduations to the dies on the time type wheel `being determined in a manner later to be described.

The end of shaft 12, opposite to handle 17 projects beyond bearing 11 and is squared at 22. Held upon this squared portion by a wing nut 23 is the station die carrier or station sector 24. This is of the same surface radius as the time die wheel `13 and carries on its face the station dies 25, preferably formed in a strip and attached by screws 25a. These dies are spaced circumferentially according to the running time between their respective transfer points. The names of the stations on the sector shown refer to some imaginary route and as indicated by their relation to the time dies in Fig. 3 show a running time of lifteen minutes between N. Y. and Fla. avenues7 Fla. Ave. being the terminus of the outward part of a round trip and the sector being designed to issue transfers over the entire round trip. This arrangement is perfectly feasible because the length of stop at the end of the route is fixed by schedule and may be allowed for. The sector shown is designed for use where the car does notl lie over at all at the end of the route, the interval between the Fla. Ave. and each N. Y. Ave. die being the same.

To indicate what station die is at the printing point a dial 26 is provided adjacent the station dies and moving therewith. It bears legends 27 which become visible through the window 7 as the various corresponding dies reach the printing point. To assist in the accurate positioning of the dies at the printing point a detent consisting of a roller 28 pressed by a spring 29 into notches 30 on the rim of the sector opposite the various dies, is mounted on the door 3.

It is obvious that where a sector is designed for a round trip there will usually be two dies for each station, one being for the out and the other for the in part of the trip. To avoid confusion between the out and the in series of dies in such cases, I use what I call an intermediate limit stop for the sector. This comprises a stud 31 carried by the rim of the sector 24 at the dividing point between the in and the out 7 series of dies, (in the case of the sector shown in Fig. 4 this would be at the die printing F la. Ave.), this stud being adapted to engage a stop 32 carried by the door 3. In order that the sector may swing to the limit position from either side a little play is allowed the stop 32 it being pivoted at 33 to swing between stops 34. To remove stop 32 from the path of stud 31 so that the sector may be moved from the out to the in position or vice versa, it is not pivoted to the door directly but to a sliding member 35 on the door7 urged upward by a spring 36 and movable by a knob 37 on the outside of the door. By moving knob 37 downward stud 31 will clear stop 32. The same result can be secured by opening the door, so that the slidable mounting may be dispensed with. So long as the stop 32 is in the path of stud 31 the sector is limited in its movements to either the in or the out7 portion of its travel.

The impression may be taken from the type in any approved manner, but I show a hammer platen 38 held up by a spring 39 and pivoted at 40 to the casting 5. The

'casting 5 also supports a ratchet spool 41 having teeth 42. These teeth are engaged by a pawl 43 carried on a rocking arm 44 which is vibrated through a link 45 from an arm 46 extending downwardly from the platen arm. Thus the upward movement of the platen causes a slight movement of the spool 41. An endless inking ribbon is passed around this spool and the spools 47 carried by the castings 4 and is held in contact with spool 41 by a spring-pressed roller 48. The ribbon is thus fed forward slightly, after each impression.

In the devices as built for use the graduations 21 of the notches 19 would be so arranged that when the latch 18 is in the notch marked with the starting time of the car for its trip the two die carriers will be in the lul It will be noted that the simple change of Y the station sector will change every characteristic that might be affected bychanges in the run. Besides changing the dies, it changes the dial, the detent action and the intermediate limit stop. 'Ihus the printer may be used on different routes, or on different schedules on the same route by merely changing the station sector and then adjusting the time wheel to the starting time for they run. 'Ihe stops 10 are so located as properly to limit the vmovements of a sector of given dimension so that it may never swing too far, and the various interchangeable sectors for a printer would have these same dimensions, so as to be governed by the same stops. Although I illustrate a sector in which the length of the run requires the use of the full range of the sector, obviouslyY shorter runs would require only a portion of the face of a sector of these dimensions.

The time range of the station sectors is dependent solely upon their peripheral length and obviously may be increased until it equals the number of hours on the timewheel (the sector then becoming a complete wheel), the stops 10 being correspondingly moved to snit the increased range of motion, or entirely eliminated.

In the following claims, I use the word printing in its broadest sense to indicate any method of forming legible characters byY imprinting, impressing, embossing, perforating or otherwise marking with dies or type. By the term scale of spacing of the dies as used in the following claims, I mean the scale ofspacing with respect to time. VThe terms time-dies and station-dies are used to indicate respectively dies adapted to print time and to print the names of stations respectively.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is Y l. In a device of the character described,

the combination of a time die carrier; time dies appropriately spaced upon said carrier; a station die carrier; station dies spaced upon the station die carrier proportionately r to the running timesv of a vehicle between the corresponding stations; and means for connecting said carriers to move at rates proportional to the scales of spacing of their. respective dies.

a station die carrier; station dies spacedv upon the station die carrier proportionately l to the running times of a vehicle between the corresponding stations; and means for connecting said carriers to move at rates proportional to the scales of spacing of their respective dies, said connecting means being adjustable to determine the initial relative positions of saidcarriers.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a time die carrier; time dies appropriately spaced upon said carrier; a station die carrier; station dies spaced upon the station die carrier proportionately to the running times of a vehicle between the corresponding'stations; means for connecting said carriers to move at rates proportional tothe scales of spacing of their respective dies; and means for adjusting the initial relative positions of the carriers.

4f. In a device of the character described, the combination of a time die carrier; time dies appropriately spaced upon said carrier; a station die carrier; station dies spaced upon the station die carrier proportionately to the running times of a vehicle between the corresponding stations; means for connecting said carriers to move at rates proportional to the scales of spacing of their respective dies; means'for adjusting the initial relative positions of the die carriers; a detent for holding said carriers when the station dies are at the printing point; a limitv stop adapted to limit the movements of the carriers to a, portion of their full range; and meansfor taking impressions of the time and station dies upon a ticket.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of a time die carrier; time dies appropriately spaced upon said carrier; a station die carrier; station dies spaced upon the station die carrier proportionately to the running times of a vehicle between the corresponding stations; means for connecting said carriers to move at rates proportional to the scales of spacing of their respective dies; means for adjusting the initial rela'tive'positions of the die carriers; a limit stop adapted to limit the movements of the carriers to a portion of their full range; and 'means for taking impressions 'of the time and station dies upon a ticket.

l6. In a'device of the character described, the combination of a time die carrier; time dies appropriately spaced upon said carrier; a station die carrier; station dies spaced upon the station die carrier proportionately to the running times of a vehicle between the corresponding stations; means for connecting said carriers to move at rates proportional to the scales of spacing of'their respective dies; means for adjusting the iniicc tial relative position of the die carriers; a detent for holding said carriers when the station dies are at the printing point; and means for taking impressions ot' the time and station dies upon a ticket.

7. In a device of the character described, the combination of a time die carrier; time dies appropriately spaced upon said carrier; a station die carrier; station dies spaced upon the station die carrier proportionately to the running times of a vehicle between the corresponding stations; means for connecting said carriers to move at rates proportional to the scales of spacing of their respective dies; means for adjusting the initial relative position of the die carriers; and means for taking impressions of the time and station dies upon a ticket.

8. In a device or" the character described the combination of a time die carrier; time dies appropriately spaced upon said carrier; a station die carrier; station dies spaced upon the station die carrier proportionally to the running time of ar vehicle between the corresponding stations, the scales of spacing upon the two carriers being the same; and means for connecting the two carriers to move together at equal speeds.

9. In a. device of the character described the combination of a time die carrier; time dies appropriately spaced upon said carrier; a station die carrier; station dies spaced upon the station die carrier proportionally to the running time of a vehicle between corresponding stations, the scales of spacing upon the two carriers being the same; and means for connecting the two carriers to move together at equal speeds, said connecting means being adjustable to vary the initial. relative position of the two carriers.

10. In a device of the character described the combination of a time die carrier; time dies appropriately spaced upon said carrier; a station die carrier; station dies spaced upon the station die carrier proportionally to the running time of a vehicle between the corresponding stations, the scales of spacing' upon the two carriers being the same; means for connecting the two car riers to move together at equal speeds; and means for adjusting the initial relative positions of said carriers.

11. In a device of the character described the combination of a time die carrier; time dies appropriately spaced upon said carrier; a station die carrier; station dies spaced upon the station die carrier proportionally to the running time of a vehicle between the corresponding stations, the scales of spacing upon the two carriers being the same; means for connecting the two carriers to move together at equal speeds ;means for adjusting the initial relative positions of said carriers; a Cletent for holding said carriers when the station dies are at the printing point; alimit stop adapted to limit the movement of the carriers to a portion of its full range; and means for taking impressions of the time and station dies upon a ticket.

12. In a device of the character described the combination ot a time die carrier; time dies appropriately spaced upon said carrier; a station die carrier; station dies spaced upon the station die carrier proportionally to the running time of a vehicle between the corresponding stations, the scales of spacing upon the two carriers being the saine; means for connecting the two carriers to move together' at equal speeds; means for adjusting the initial relative positions of said carriers; a limit stop adapted to limit the movement of the carriers to a portion of its full range; and means for taking impressions of the time and station dies upon a ticket.

13. In a device of the character described the combination of a time die carrier; time dies appropriately spaced upon said carrier; a station die carrier; station dies spaced upon the station die carrier proportionally to the running time of a vehicle between the corresponding stations, the scales of spacing upon the two carriers being the same; means for connecting the two carriers to move together at equal speeds; means for adjusting the initial relative positions of said carriers; a detent for holding said carriers when the station dies are at the printing point; and means for taking impressions of the time and station dies upon a ticket.

14. In a device of the character described the combination of a time die carrier; time dies appropriately spaced upon said carrier; a station die carrier; station dies spaced upon the station die carrier proportionally to the running time of a vehicle between the corresponding stations, the scales of spacing upon the two carriers being the same; means for connecting the two carriers to move together at equal speeds; means for adjusting the initial relative positions of said carriers; and means for taking impressions of the time and station dies upon a ticket.

15. In a device for printing tickets the combination of a die carrier; time dies appropriately spaced on said carrier; a station die carrier; station dies spaced upon the station die carrier according to the running time of a vehicle between the correw spending stations; and means for adjusting the relative positions of the die carriers.

16. In a ticket printing mechanism the combination of a series of time dies spaced according to the successive interval between the times indicated by said dies; a series of station dies spaced according to the runlling time Of a Vehicle between the correv stop.

. pable of` a limited motion in the' direction Athe names of stations, the combination of a removable station die carrier; a detent coacting with said carrier to retain the same in various adjusted positions; and a dial carried by said carrier, whereby the change of the carrier may change the detent action and the dial.

19. In a ticketprinter'adapted to print the names of stations, the combination of a removable station diecarrier; a detent coaoting with said carrier; a limit stop coacting with said carrier to limit its movement to a portion of its full range; and a dial carried by said carrier, whereby the substitution of a differentcarrier may alter the actions of the detent and limit stop and change the dial.

20. In a ticket printer adapted to print the names of stations, the combination of a removable station die carrier; and a detent coacting therewith to retain the carrier in various adjusted positions, so that the substitution of a different carrier may 'alter the action of the detent.l f Y 2l. In a ticket printer adapted to print the names of stations, the combination of a removable stationdie carrier; and a limit stop coacting therewith to limit the movement of the carrier to a portion of its full range, so that the substitution of a different carrier may change the action of the limit 22. In a ticket printer adapted to print the names of stations, the combination of a station die carrier; a limit stop normally operative to restrict the travel of the carrier to a portion of its full range and caof motion `of said carrier; and means for rendering-said limit stop inoperative.

28. Ina transfer printing machine, independently movable line and time printing members, a movable line selecting mechanism associated with the line printing member, and means whereby the movement of the line selecting mechanism controls the movement of the time printing member.

24. rIn a transfer printing machine, independently movable line and time printing members, and means associated with both the printing members whereby when a transfer is printed for any particular line, the time printing memberl is caused to print a time which has a definite relation to the time that the ear is scheduled to arrive at that transfer point.

25. In a transfer printing machine, independently movable line and time printing members for printing line and time data for a number of transfer lines, and means comprising a selecting mechanism for controlling the movements of the line and time printing members so that when a transfer is printed for any particular line, the time printing member is shifted an amount suiiicient to cause the time which is printed on the transfer to be a predetermined `amount later than the time that the car is scheduled to arrive at the transfer point.

26. In a transfer printing machine, independently movable line and time printing members for printing line and time data for a number of transfer lines, and means comprising a selecting mechanism for controlling the movements of the line and time printing members so as to cause the time which is printed on a transfer for any particular line to be a predetermined amount later than the time that the car is scheduled to arrive at lthe transfer point.

27. In a transfer printing machine, line and time printing members, means for simultaneously shifting both printing members predetermined amounts from normal position so that when a transfer is printed for any particular line, the time that is printed bears a`predetermined relation to the time that the car is scheduled to arrive 29. In a transfer printing machine, amovable time printing member for printing time data for a number of transfer lines, and means for controlling the movement of the time printing member comprising a member having stop shoulders thereon, the relative spacing of said shoulders being proportionate to the relative schedule time periods between transfer points.

30. In a transfer printingv machine, a die carrier having dies adapted to print different station designations; a second die -carrier having dies adapted to print different time designations; means for bringing corresponding time and station dies to the printing point including a stop member operatively connected with the time die carrier to move simultaneously therewith and having stops spaced proportionally to the ruiming time of a vehicle between stations designated by the station dies; and means for taking impressions from the time and station dies simultaneously presented at the printing point.

3l. In a transfer printing machine, a die carrier having dies adapted to print different station designations; a second die carrier having dies adapted to print different time designations; means for bringing corresponding time and station dies to the printing point including a stop member operatively connected with the time die carrier to move simultaneously therewith and having stops spaced proportionally to the running time of a vehicle between stations designated by the station dies; means for initially adjusting the relative positions of the time die carrier and the stop member; and means for taking impressions from the time and station dies simultaneously presented at the printing point.

32. In a machine for printing transfers the combination of a die carrier having dies adapted to print time designations; means for positioning different time dies at the printing point including a stop member operatively connected with the die carrier to move simultaneously therewith and having stops spaced proportionally to the running time of a vehicle between stations at which transfers are to be issued; and means for taking impressions from the die presented at the printing point.

33. In a machine for printing transfers the combination of a die carrier having dies adapted to print time designations; means for positioning different time dies at the printing point including a stop member operatively connected with the die carrier to move simultaneously therewith and having stops spaced proportionally to the running time of a vehicle between stations at which transfers are to be issued; means for initially adjusting the relative positions of the die carrier and the stop member; and means for taking impressions from the die presented at the printing point.

34. In a machine for printing transfers the combination of a die carrier having dies adapted to print time designations; means for positioning different time dies at the printing point including a stop member operatively connected with the die carrier to move simultaneously therewith and having two series of stops, the stops of each series being spaced proportionally to the running time of a vehicle between stations at which transfers are to be issued and the stops of one series being arranged in reverse order to those of the other; and means for taking impressions from the die presented at the printing point.

35. In a machine for printing transfers the combination of a die carrier having dies adapted to print time designations; means for positioning different time dies at the printing point including a stop member operatively connected with the die carrier to move simultaneously therewith and having two series of stops, the stops of each series being spaced proportionally to the running time of a vehicle between stations at which transfers are to be issued, and the stops of one series being arranged in reverse order to those of the other; means for initially adjusting the relative positions of the stop member and the die carrier; and means for taking impressions from the die presented at the printing point.

36. In a transfer printing machine, movable line and time printing members, a movable line selecting mechanism associated with the line printing member, and means whereby the movement of the line selecting mechanism controls the movement of the time printing member.

37. In a transfer printing machine, line and time printing members, and means associated with both the printing members whereby when a transfer is printed for any particular line, the time printing member is caused to print a time which has a definite relation to the time that the car is scheduled to arrive at that transfer point.

38. In a transfer printing machine, movable line and time printing members for printing line and time data for a number of transfer lines, and means comprising a selecting mechanism for controlling the movements of the line and time printing members so that when a transfer is printed for any particular line, the time printing member is shifted an amount sufficient to cause the time which is printed on the transfer to be a predetermined amount later than the time that the car is scheduled to arrive at the transfer point.

39. In a transfer printing machine, movable line and time printing members for printing line and time data for a number of transfer lines, and means comprising a selecting mechanism for controlling the movements of the line and time printing members so as to cause the time which is printed on a transfer for any particular line to be a predetermined amount later than the time that the car is scheduled to arrive at the transfer point.

40. The combination of a series of station printing elements corresponding to the stations along a route; a series of time printing elements; and a control mechanism adapted to select any one of said station printing elements together with a corresponding one of said time printing elements in accordance with the running time of a vehicle to said station over said route.

41. The combination of a series of station printing elements corresponding to the stations along a route; a series of time printing elements; a control mechanism adapted to select any one of said station printing elementsk together With a corresponding one of said time printing Velements in accordance with the running time of a vehicle to said station over said route; and means for eiiecting an initial adjustment of the above recited parts according to the time said vehicle starts over said route.

42. In a transfer printing machine, line and time printing members, operable means for limiting the movements of the printing members so as to cause the latter to print PARKER DOD GE.

Witnesses:

K. E. MoNTAGUn, FANNIE WISE.

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